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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Jun 29, 2018 - 12:02pm PT
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Jun 29, 2018 - 12:05pm PT
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Because reality is stranger than fiction. Because the universe is more interesting than any invented drama. Fiction Novels are good but reality is magical
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Jul 30, 2018 - 07:28pm PT
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I just finished Greg's Bonanza King and must say it is a great read.
The Bonanza King is an amazing rag to riches story of a dirt poor Irish imigrant who rose from the streets of NYC initially selling newspapers to one of the richest men in the world through hard work, focused determination and strong character. It is also a story of a man who was a great leader that would take care of his biggest asset - his workers. He worked shoulder to shoulder, leading by example.
I think with Greg's backgound as a climber it helped him better deliver this powerful story of hardship, complicated logistics, invention, perseverance and great leadership. There is much to admire in John Mackay. Impressive work Greg, well done - time to climb!!!
Charlie D.
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MikeL
Social climber
Southern Arizona
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Jul 31, 2018 - 07:14am PT
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Flip Flop!
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Bad Climber
Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
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Jul 31, 2018 - 01:45pm PT
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My last three reads have been great:
How to Change Your Mind--Michael Pollan about psychedelics and treating mental illness, depression, etc. Super interesting!
Re-read Bird Dreams by Matt Higgins about BASE and wingsuit flying. Excellent.
Which led me to:
Confessions of an Idiot--autobiography of "Douggs" McDougal--rad BASE nut. Not great writing, but the idiot has lived quite a life.
Lots of interesting stuff on this thread. Thanks.
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
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Jul 31, 2018 - 03:16pm PT
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So glad you liked THE BONANZA KING, Charlie!
Thanks for making the effort to read it.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Jul 31, 2018 - 03:45pm PT
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Cryptonomicon!, that's my favorite Stephenson book. I think it is the most friendly.
Currently reading - The Stars are Legion - by Kameron Hurley. Living worlds, extraordinary characters and cultures, and no male characters - Oh my!
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Jul 31, 2018 - 04:26pm PT
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Halfway through The Crossing (The last of the famed Border Trilogy). Blowing my mind.
“Men do not turn from God so easily. Not so easily. Deep in each man is the knowledge that something knows of his existence. Something knows, and cannot be fled nor hid from. To imagine otherwise is to imagine the unspeakable. It was never that this man ceased to believe in God. No. It was rather that he came to believe terrible things of him.”
― Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing
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Mike Honcho
Trad climber
Glenwood Springs, CO
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Jul 31, 2018 - 06:13pm PT
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Frozen In Time -"The Fate of the Franklin Expedition".
~Owen Beattie & John Geiger
I get on these horrific early Polar Exploration nightmare book benders, can't seem to get enough!
Edit- Bad Climber Confessions of an Idiot--autobiography of "Douggs" McDougal--rad BASE nut.
Douggs is a really good friend of mine. One of the most universally beloved BASE jumpers of all time. Literally nobody doesn't love that dude. He's super friendly to everyone, no attitude at all and way appreciative of everything he has. And he's no sponsored darling, he works his ass off for every penny. Maybe his YouTube channel pays a little, but he's a total blue color badass.
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clifff
Mountain climber
golden, rollin hills of California
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Today, on Book TV :
Gregory Crouch, The Bonanza King
7:45 AM on CSPAN2 16
Author Gregory Crouch ("The Bonanza King: John Mackay and the Battle Over the Greatest Riches in the American West") recalls the life of John Mackay.
edit: Here it is on the internet: Excellent.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?446823-1/the-bonanza-king
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Honcho! Feast yer eyes!
Nansen’s Fram...
Amundsen’s Gjøa...
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MikeL
Social climber
Southern Arizona
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"Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensions" by Catherine Bell.
Dense, small print, a challenge to read. This will take some time.
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Aug 14, 2018 - 01:51pm PT
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I get on these horrific early Polar Exploration nightmare book benders, can't seem to get enough!
Same here. Cleaned out the Huntington Beach library's Northwest Passage collection one summer a while back. Those guys were hard.
Finished Les Miserables. It's up there with the best. I really liked it.
After that one I'm taking it easy with The Women Who Flew for Hitler. Fairly interesting.
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DanaB
climber
CO
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Aug 14, 2018 - 02:09pm PT
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Just finished 40 Days and 40 Nights - a Pennsylvania school board tried to have intelligent design taught in the high school, this is a story of the trial. Also just finished God is Not Great by Hitchens.
Starting A History of Doubt, by Jennifer Hecht.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Aug 14, 2018 - 02:20pm PT
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Just Finished leters to zerky. incredible read from a historicle perspective. the logistics of driving a VW buss around the world have changed a bit since 1967...…. dark ending...
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Scole
Trad climber
Zapopan
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Aug 14, 2018 - 03:49pm PT
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The Huang Di Nei Jing - Su Wen (Yellow Emperor's Canon of Medicine)
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HB
Trad climber
Orange Co, CA
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Aug 14, 2018 - 04:28pm PT
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The Summit by Harry Farthing. Two stories for the price of one book. About Everest with a WWII twist.
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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Aug 14, 2018 - 06:19pm PT
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Cadillac Desert, again.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Aug 14, 2018 - 06:51pm PT
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Reporter-by Seymour Hersh
Timely to say the least........
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